Just Back From PCGS: 1974 Kennedy Half Dollar Error. Isn't it neat?
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This was a neat error coin I picked up a couple of months ago. I am still quite happy about it. What do you think? 
Cheers, Richard.
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and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
Russ, NCNE
Is the mint farming out work ?
anyway, that is an amazing error, Richard. I am dumbfounded by it, actually.
it would fit perfect with my MS63 '74 DDO, or mine would go well with yours if you are ever interested in putting a year set together. I would be interested if you plan on getting it out of your arsenal.
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<< <i>cripes... I wanna know how they know it was from taiwan.... that is strange. A lot of research must have been done for discovery and attribution. Then it begs the question.... JUST HOW DID A TAIWANESE COIN OR PLANCHET FOR COINAGE end up in the US MINT ?
Is the mint farming out work ? >>
The US Mint minted coins for Taiwan that year at the Phili Mint. Some of the planchets were stuck in the hopper (I assume) when they began striking the Kennedy half dollars. Then the planchets got lose and struck with the Kennedy half dollar dies. At least that is my guess about it. If Fred sees this post, he may be able to shed better light on it.
<< <i>That is cool! What are the differences in planchet composition?
Russ, NCNE >>
Russ, here is the information I got from Spinynorman when I first posted about finding this coin.
China, Republic (Taiwan) 5 Dollars Y548 1974 Philadelphia Circ Copper-Nickel 29.0 mm 9.50 g
<< <i>China, Republic (Taiwan) 5 Dollars Y548 1974 Philadelphia Circ Copper-Nickel 29.0 mm 9.50 g >>
That makes the planchet smaller in diameter and lighter in weight.
Russ, NCNE
Whatever turns you on--not my cup of tea.
<< <i>Isn't it neat?
Whatever turns you on--not my cup of tea. >>
More off metals for me.
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
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<< <i>Very cool. How did you determine it was not a "normal" Kennedy half? >>
Looking at the edge of the coin, there was no copper cladding (silver color only, but not silver composition). Also noticed the coin was ever so slightly smaller in diameter than a normal Kennedy, hence the weak lettering and date around the rim of the coin.
for many different countries, at all of the U.S. Mints.
That stopped in 1965 with the coin shortage, and stopped
again in the 1980's - however, the outsoursed planchets
that the Mint buys (cents, Sac dollars, etc.) are produced
by companies that ALSO make planchets that are shipped
to other countries, and sometimes those planchets make
it into the U.S. planchets - such as the 1996-2001 dated
Lincolns struck on foreign smaller copper-plated planchets
for countries such as (possibly) Malaysia and Singapore.
There are also Sac dollars on foreign planchets (very rare)
that came back to the States in the groups of Sac planchets
that were apparently sent to Royal Canadian Mint to be
burnished/annealed.
The Kennedy on the Taiwian $5 planchet, although not that
different in appearance to the general observer, is quite a
scarce coin, as off metals go........
Fred
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<< <i>I missed it...But very cool looking coin... I need to keep my eye out for that one....So how much is it worth?? >>
I do not really know what it is worth in PCGS MS63, but there is one currently on eBay in an eBay store for $1,500 in NGC MS65. Here is the link.
To me, it does not matter what it is worth, because it will be part of my error coin collection for many years. It will even be one of the highlights of my collection.